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Amir Hekmati marks his third year as a prisoner in Iran

On this day three years ago, Iranian authorities arrested a U.S. Marine veteran from Flint and charged him with spying.His family and friends are holding…

Nearly eight months after last year's Category 5 Hurricane Michael, communities like Lynn Haven along the Florida Panhandle are still rife with downed trees, blue roofs and piles of debris.

Nearly 8 Months After Hurricane Michael, Florida Panhandle Feels Left Behind

Floridians are still reeling from the Category 5 storm's effects. They've been waiting more than 230 days for Congress to pass a disaster relief bill. And the new hurricane season is about to begin.

A Rohingya woman rests for a moment with her children Tuesday after crossing into Bangladesh. She says she lost several members of her family in Myanmar, where a new spate of violence has sent more than 100,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing what they describe as certain death.

'I Just Knew To Run To Save My Life': Nearly 125,000 Rohingya Flee Myanmar

Observers expect that number to grow. Myanmar's crackdown on the Muslim minority has prompted outrage around the world, including ire directed at its civilian leader, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Surgeons are starting to reduce their opioid prescribing habits a little. But they still prescribe a lot of pain pills in the midst of an opioid addiction crisis.

Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Are Slowing The Flow Of Pills — But Progress Is Slow

After a group of hospitals in Michigan implemented opioid prescribing guidelines, surgeons there reduced the number of pills they prescribed by around a third. Nationally numbers are slow to change.

Pharmaceuticals, illegal drugs showing up in zebra and quagga mussels

Divers are planning to collect zebra and quagga mussels this week in Muskegon. It’s part of a national effort to study chemical pollution, called Mussel…

Peaches, on tour in Finland in 2001, displays the battle scars of her hyperphysical performances. "Every night I would jump to my knees," she said in a statement to NPR, "and every day I would say, 'Don't do that tonight.' But then I would do it, until I got so bruised from it I had to stop."

On Her Influential Debut, Peaches Seized Her Pain And Pleasure

From humble beginnings, The Teaches of Peaches has spent 20 years seeping into the mainstream, widening pop's window for abrasive sounds and NSFW sexual expression.

Michigan lawmakers moving to punish people selling vaping products with Vitamin E acetate

Legislation speeding through the Michigan Legislature goes after businesses that sell vaping products with a specific additive.The U.S. Centers for…

Looking down on a hand holding an open bottle of prescription drugs.

Federal bill that seeks to lower drug costs heading for vote in House

A bill aimed at lowering drug prices and expanding benefits is heading for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday.The legislation, known as…

Melody Lewis moved to Denver's streets about six years ago. Last month, Lewis and hundreds of others who are homeless were displaced from sprawling, blocks-long encampments. She moved her tent, but refused to enter a shelter, partly because of the increased threat there of contracting COVID-19.

Denver's Sweeps Of Homeless Camps Run Counter To COVID-19 Guidance

Cities continue to dismantle homeless encampments despite recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to hold off during the pandemic to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden harshly criticizes President Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic in remarks Tuesday at Alexis duPont High School in Wilmington, Del.

Trump Seems To Have 'Surrendered' On The Pandemic, Biden Says

Former Vice President Joe Biden says that President Trump, who once called himself a "wartime president" taking on the coronavirus, should adopt his plan to combat the pandemic.

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